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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

ais523, as per http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-
pavilion-15-n200-notebook-pc-
series/6529948/model/6732721#Z7_3054ICK0K8UDA0AQC11TA930O2 an update to
your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (F.68).
If you update to this following
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

Also, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not.
3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed.

If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-f.68

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Connecting an Osprey 2 Mini (USB cellular wireless router) sometimes
  causes an endless reset loop or a kernel panic

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce (happens > 50% of the time, but not every time):

  Turn on an Osprey 2 Mini, and connect it to a USB port via a USB cable
  while both the device and computer are on (i.e. hotplug).

  Observed symptoms:
  - sometimes the Osprey 2 Mini goes into an endless reset loop (visible as the LEDs on the front of the device flashing rapidly), being reset approximately every 200ms; on such occasions, the Ubuntu user interface often reacts as though I'd inserted an audio CD containing corrupted data (e.g. via repeatedly adding an "Audio CD" icon to the launcher and then removing it, and putting up dialog boxes complaining about failure to read the data).
  - sometimes the kernel panics (often some time after the reset loop starts, perhaps up to 10 seconds); when this happens there was always or nearly always a reset loop occurring beforehand.
  - sometimes the device resets once or not at all, then works as expected (showing up as a network interface, and allowing me to communicate to the Internet with a wired connection); I'm currently using an Osprey 2 Mini for this purpose right now.

  The kernel panics lock up the entire system (forcing a hard power
  off). lt-Sysrq commands don't work in this state (even though I have
  them enabled), and sometimes the Caps Lock light flashes repeatedly.
  The logs end some time before the panic occurs.

  /var/log/syslog:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1556471/+attachment/4598145/+files/syslog

  The reset loops also occurred when I was using Ubuntu vivid. The
  kernel panics only happened after an upgrade to wily. Output of lsusb
  -v is attached.

  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ais523     6233 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bfbc4bf8-2e40-4799-bbef-9c5044c87007
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-03 (648 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-32-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e92d655d-cf36-4d45-90e7-30a0f9d0949e ro quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-32.37-generic 4.2.8-ckt4
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-32-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-32-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.149.3
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
  Tags:  wily
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-32-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-02-18 (22 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 12/04/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
  dmi.bios.version: F.42
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 2186
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: 35.12
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.42:bd12/04/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion15NotebookPC:pvr098B110000404100000620180:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn2186:rvr35.12:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: 098B110000404100000620180
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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